Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown.
Moments later, the gunman entered the vestibule of an apartment building a few blocks away in the area of Kenwood. He asked to use a phone and fired shots at a building female security guard. The victim
Aisha Newell was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.
A 77-year-old woman getting her mail in the same building was also shot in the head, officials said. Police said she is currently in critical condition.
A short time later, the suspect went to a nearby building and pulled a gun on a man he knew at a 19th floor apartment ,
Gunman on murderous rampage leaves at least three dead in Illinois Isobel van Hagen and Alec Hernandez
At least three people were killed by a man who went on a murderous rampage in Chicago and nearby Evanston on Saturday, police in Chicago said.
Several more were injured by the gunman who was also killed after a shootout with police officers, Chicago Police Department Superintendent David O’Neal Brown, told a news conference late Saturday. He added that no officers were injured.
Identifying the gunman as Jason Nightengale, 32, Brown said they had no information about a possible motive for the killings.
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Investigators were working to determine a motive for the attacks which started on Chicago's South Side and ended with the suspect's death in a shootout with police.